Monday, March 6, 2017

Reading at Home

They're using their reading strategies and growing each day! I want to be sure they continue to grow as much as they can at home as well as at school. We don't send homework home with children (thank goodness), but we do send books home with them to practice reading at home. I wanted to send home some ideas to help parents while they read at home with their children. Reading at home with children is such a huge benefit and important part of a child's reading success, but sometimes we forget that parents don't always know what we're focusing on or looking for as they read with their child. I labeled the praise points, "Wonderful," and the questions for parents to ask, "Wondering."

These ideas help parents remember to praise, praise, praise and encourage their child as they read together at home, as well as provide questions to help parents take their child deeper into the text and beyond the text. I thought you might like to use it with your students' parents, too. Just click the picture below if you would like a copy! Enjoy!

Here are some good graphics you could share with families, as well, to show the benefits of reading with their child each night at home. This graphic is from Makayla Schenkelberg.